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CASPIR contains documents, images and history of Canada's military aviation. The personnel and aircraft data has been compiled using data provided by trusted Canadian military aviation historians and original source documents. Where possible source documents are linked.
Research

CASPIR Resources

RCAF Accident Cards (1939-1945) JA Griffin Documents 1968 and 2005 Obtaining a World War II Service File

External Resources

RCAF.info: Research Resources RCAF.info: Finding Your Family Records

Griffin Library, 17 Wing Winnipeg

John Griffin was a significant historian, documenting Canada's Military aircraft.
Aircraft

Military Aircraft Associated with Canadians Choose a Specific Aircraft Serial

Lancaster FM213

CWHM flies one of the two airworthy Lancasters in the world. FM213 is usually marked as KB726 honouring Andrew Mynarski, VC.
Personnel

Name or Home Town Search Unit (Squadron) Search Aircraft Type or Serial Search Browse by Letter This Day in History

War Status Search Catastrophic Losses (Ships Hotels Aircraft) Choose Specific Military Cemeteries (WW1 WW2 and Beyond)

Andrew Mynarski, VC

We Shall Remember Them.
History

Education & History
Start Here Glossary Canada and World War II Combatants & First Airmen Casualties Air Force Operations Battle of Britain Women in War War Artists Canada in Korean Air War 1950-1953

Blogs & Articles
CASPIR Overview First World War Neighbourhood - Dufferin & Dupont Canada's First Military Aeroplane 1917

"A" Able flying through the Eiffel Tower? (although this event likely happened, this photograph is likely fake.) It is signed by the late Bill Bryant RAF who was the navigator of that aircraft piloted by Bob Boorman RCAF. The caption reads "This Stars Stripes photograph was taken on 14 September 1944 and shows a Mosquito Mk XIII of 409 Squadron RCAF. Pilot - W/O Bob Boorman RCAF Navigator F/S Bill Bryant RAF Flying through the Eiffel Tower."
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Proudley, Stephen Frederick (Aircraftman 1st Class)

Accident 1943-June-10

Male Head

Birth Date: 1909-January-17

Born: Southampton, Hampshire, England

Parents: Father: Richard Proudley, Mother: Frances Maud Alice Mary Abbott

Spouse: Husband of Nora M Proudley of Totton Hampshire, England.

Home: Southampton, Hampshire, England

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAF

Unit

33 ANS- Air Navigation School (RAF)

Base

RCAF Mount Hope

Rank

Aircraftman 1st Class

Position

Service Numbers

1218013

Home

Google Map

Southampton, Hampshire, England

Final Burial

Google Map

Saint Pauls Anglican Cemetery
RAF Plot Grave 13

Motor car accident, Gage and Crockett Street in Hamilton in which the care AC1 Proudley was a passenger lost control and overturned into ditch. AC1 Proudley becoming pinned underneath and received internal injuries which resulted in his death in the Hamilton General Hospital.RAF Report to wife: Mrs Nora Proudley, 11 Causeway Crescent, Shirley, Southampton England

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

Crew or Other Personnel

Unit Desciption

33 ANS (33 Air Navigation School)

Nos. 1 & 2 Air Navigation Schools offered four-week courses in astronavigation and were the last step for Air Observers.

The RAF schools, Nos. 31, 32, and 33, provided the same training as Air Observer Schools.

NO33 ANS Mount Hope On

Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF.info - RCAF Station Hamilton (Mount Hope) ON

Unvetted Source McMaster University - 33 ANS Hamilton ON

Project 44 BCATP

Unvetted Source Project 44 BCATP

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